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Couldn't there be a collection of software? Hence softwares?
by worldsavior 4y ago
Couldn't there be a collection of software? Hence softwares?
- ninkendo 4y agoYou can have a collection of programs. Or a collection of “pieces of software”. But not “a collection of softwares.” Software can be considered to be already plural in a sense, because it refers to the set of programs/procedures needed to perform a specific task. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/is-software-a-mass-noun/ https://www.dailywritingtips.com/is-software-a-mass-noun/ Similar with money, you can have multiple dollars, but you don’t have multiple monies. “Hardware” also works this way, but it’s probably more obvious to people. If I have some hardware, and I buy more hardware, I wouldn’t say “I now have two hardwares.”
- Chris2048 4y agoI'm sure somewhere in the world is an FX trader referring to "monies"..
- duped 4y agoA collection of software is software.